red currant
noun
any of various currant shrubs of the genus Ribes, bearing an edible, red fruit.
the fruit itself.
Origin of red currant
1First recorded in 1620–30
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British Dictionary definitions for redcurrant
redcurrant
/ (ˈrɛdˈkʌrənt) /
noun
a N temperate shrub, Ribes rubrum, having greenish flowers and small edible rounded red berries: family Grossulariaceae
the fruit of this shrub
(as modifier): redcurrant jelly
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